Was full. Quite full. Let's go back to the beginning, shall we?
We organized and held a southern fish fry in our neighborhood. (LOTS of work, but delicious!)
First piano recital with this cute boy and my other piano students.
Trips to the zoo
Playing with LOTS of friends
Sam finished his first soccer season! He LOVES it and is actually quite good!
Girls Camp in St George!
Where unfortunately one of my ribs popped out and my muscle spasmed on the second day. Don't let my smile fool you. I was in A LOT of pain in this pic. In fact, whatever the cause (the myriad of muscle relaxers and pain killers, my back, or just some stomach bug), I threw up during intermission at The Little Mermaid at Tuachan. Lovely, right? I was so dizzy that I had to cling to the Bishop's arm just to make it to the car without falling over. Luckily, Matt had arrived in St. George this very evening so that he could pick me up and take me to our next event....
Tricia and Robbie's wedding! Tricia has mad skills. She worked on my back and neck each night before her wedding (what a gem), so that I was functional on this fun day.
Zack was tired and hot most of the day so we did a lot of this...
My three cute boys
After the wedding festivities, the boys and I stuck around Cali to hang out with these wonderful people.
We went to the beach. It was FREEZING. But we went anyway!
No chilly weather that smores can't cure. Am I right or what?
We spent time at various parks
Serendipitous-ly caught up with old friends.
Went to Chuck E Cheese - a Sam and Zack favorite with their Gpa M. And yep. My mom rode the carousel with the boys!
We even managed to spend a day at this fabulous place. (Thanks Alyson!)
Our Fourth of July parade!
And fireworks with family that night!
We've spent lots of time up the canyon, usually with these fabulous people.
We even managed to catch up with some wonderful old friends. Wish we had more time to spend with you guys while you were here!!!
Then family came back in town because Bel and Mike were visiting. We checked out BYU one day and this AWESOME display in the Museum of Art. It's entirely made out of books!
We went up the canyon
And had smores.
LOTS of smores.
We spent a day downtown - temple square (trying to find my cousin Emma!), touring Steve's photos, meeting up with Mike for lunch and more. (Sam and Zack were happy recipients of ANGELS shirts this morning! So it became Angels shirt day. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!)
We spent a fun afternoon up in Park City, riding the Alpine Slide, of course.
Mom and Lindz
Nate's photo finish.
Grandpa and Sam.
And we spent a LOT of time all crammed into my van. In fact, we even drove all the way back to CA in this van with every seat filled. Some had their doubts, but I thought it was quite fun.
Missing because I actually have ZERO pictures of it (how did that happen??), was our fun three days in Oceanside with Matt's family. It was so relaxing! We went to the beach, swimming, hung around with Matt's family and aunts, uncles, and more cousins. Wish we could have stayed longer, but we had another commitment...
TREK
Where we spent hours and hours and over 30 miles doing something like this...
You're jealous of our clothes, I know. (And this pic needed a flash, but oh well!) Thanks Mom for sewing my oh so fashionable attire. :)
We had the best family - the VOLDEMORMONS. Yep. Chant with me. "We are You Know Who." Now, I have earned a new nickname with the youth in my ward. Voldemarci.
12 days after Trek finished, we celebrated another wedding for these fabulous people. Congrats Rach and Sean!
My not-so-little Z and me.
And Rach asked me to do her hair. I think it turned out pretty well!
Such a beautiful bride!
Our family's superhero pose.
And that brings us to the present... where SAM will start kindergarten on Monday, and Zack will start joyschool the following week. Ahhh! How did they grow up so fast?
Congrats if you have stayed with me to this point. You made it! Now, I think I'm excused for another three months, right???
